Turkish foreign minister to discuss Israel's Gaza City plan in Egypt visit

8/8/2025 18:42

Turkey's foreign minister will travel to Egypt on Saturday for talks with senior officials on Israel's plan to take control of Gaza City and on the humanitarian situation there, a Turkish Foreign Ministry source said on Friday.



Israel's political-security cabinet approved a plan early on Friday to take control of Gaza City, as it expands its military operations despite growing domestic and international criticism over the devastating almost two-year-old war.



NATO member Turkey, which has said Israel's assault on Gaza amounts to a genocide and halted all trade with it, condemned the plan of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's "fundamentalist government", and urged world powers and the United Nations Security Council to act to prevent its implementation.



During his visit to Cairo, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will meet Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and other officials to discuss bilateral ties and regional issues, including the Gaza ceasefire negotiations - mediated by Egypt, Qatar and the United States - as well as Israel's takeover plan, the source said.